Chapter 4: The Digital Guillotine
The police didn't arrest Victor for the fall; they arrested him for what the drive contained.
As the sirens wailed outside, the security footage from the balcony played on every screen in the ballroom. It showed Victor’s hand—not pushing her, but reaching for the necklace. Elena had anticipated his move and had triggered the recording on her own pendant.
But the drive Marcus the EMT had recovered contained something far more devastating: the original ledger of the Sterling corporation from thirty years ago. It revealed that Victor hadn't built his empire; he had stolen it from Elena’s parents, orchestrating a corporate coup that ended in their mysterious disappearance.
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The "accident" on the balcony was the final act of a multi-decade cover-up.
Victor tried to make a break for the side exit, his bodyguards pushing through the crowd, but the room had already been sealed. The "guests" near the door were federal agents, and they didn't offer a polite warning. They tackled him to the marble floor, his designer suit ripping as the handcuffs clicked into place.
